Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 227 · 40 questions

Memory tip (The right trick for the job): Acronym: VIBGYOR for the rainbow colours. First-letter sentence: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower. Rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”. Chunking: 9876543210 as 987 654 3210. Ask: is it a number, a list or one fact? Then choose chunking, an acronym or sentence, or a rhyme.

1. 1.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) date chunks (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) a times-table rhyme
2. 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 296862404. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 296 866 2404 (b) 296 862 404 (c) 298 662 404 (d) 298 624 04
3. 3.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: NESW for the four directions, clockwise? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
4. 4.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) NUSJMEVM (b) VMEMJSUN (c) VEMJSUNM (d) MVEMJSUN
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
6. 6.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: candle, apple, tent? (a) Cook Aunty Toys (b) Aunty Cook Toys (c) Aunty Toys Cook (d) Toys Aunty Cook
7. 7.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, umpire, spoon, mango, ant. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) USMAO (b) AMSUO (c) OUSMA (d) UOSMA
8. 8.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
9. 9.True or false: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is an acronym. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done” — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the continents, biggest first, in order: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Australia? (a) ANSAEAA (b) AANSAEA (c) AEASNAA (d) AANSAAE
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, jug, rose? (a) Jolly Cats Red (b) Cats Jolly Red (c) Jolly Red Cats (d) Red Jolly Cats
14. 14.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) an acronym (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
15. 15.🔢 You want to remember the number 916977923229. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9169 7923 229 (b) 9169 7799 23229 (c) 9169 7792 2329 (d) 9169 7792 3229
16. 16.🔢 You want to remember the number 4964236168. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 496 426 168 (b) 496 423 6186 (c) 496 423 61668 (d) 496 423 6168
17. 17.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cats Pink Crazy Eat (b) Crazy Pink Cats Eat (c) Cats Eat Pink Crazy (d) Eat Cats Pink Crazy
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 254444838. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 245 444 838 (b) 254 444 838 (c) 254 444 83 (d) 254 444 4838
19. 19.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) ECCP (b) CPCE (c) CEPC (d) ECPC
20. 20.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: igloo, bucket, wallet? (a) Wet Big Ink (b) Big Wet Ink (c) Big Ink Wet (d) Ink Big Wet
21. 21.🔢 You want to remember the number 911631202998. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9113 1202 998 (b) 9911 6312 02998 (c) 9113 6120 2998 (d) 9116 3120 2998
22. 22.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) a rhyme (b) an acronym (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
23. 23.🔢 You want to remember the number 716346914760. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 7163 4691 4760 (b) 7163 4691 4670 (c) 7134 6914 760 (d) 7163 4691 47760
24. 24.📝 A list to learn, in order: onion, glass, key, lamp, ball. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) GOKLB (b) GKLBO (c) BLKGO (d) OGKLB
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Eight Neat Silly Wise (b) Eight Silly Wise Neat (c) Neat Eight Silly Wise (d) Wise Silly Eight Neat
26. 26.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
27. 27.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Seven Runs Lions Fly (b) Runs Seven Lions Fly (c) Fly Lions Seven Runs (d) Seven Lions Fly Runs
28. 28.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) nothing at all (b) chunking (c) an acronym word (d) a first-letter sentence
29. 29.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: needle, candle, whistle? (a) Cats Nani Wins (b) Nani Cats Wins (c) Cats Wins Nani (d) Wins Cats Nani
30. 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Sing Lions Funny Runs (b) Funny Lions Sing Runs (c) Sing Runs Lions Funny (d) Runs Sing Lions Funny
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: coconut, umbrella, ball, kettle, sock. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) UBKSC (b) SKBUC (c) CUBKS (d) UCBKS
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 928389986819. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9283 8996 8819 (b) 9283 3899 86819 (c) 9283 8998 6819 (d) 9288 9986 819
33. 33.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top (root, stem, leaf, flower)? (a) Red Silly Lions Frogs (b) Silly Red Lions Frogs (c) Silly Lions Frogs Red (d) Frogs Lions Silly Red
35. 35.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: jalebi, kite, whistle? (a) Jump Kites Wise (b) Kites Wise Jump (c) Kites Jump Wise (d) Wise Kites Jump
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the first four months, in order: January, February, March, April? (a) JFMA (b) FJMA (c) FMAJ (d) AMFJ
38. 38.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) chunking (d) an acronym
40. 40.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False

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